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School: Glasdrumman (roll number 6046)

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Glasdrumman, Co. Leitrim
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Nóra Nic Mhághnusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 178

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    in each forge for making the shoes on. It is about twelve stone weight.
    The smiths have a good many tools which are of great strength. They have large hammers, nails, irons and chisels. Each smith wears a leathern apron because he has to lift up the animals feet on it.
    The smith makes horse shoes donkey shoes and shoeings for carts. He also makes gates, crooks, spades, shovels, grapes, axes, grates, ploughs, harrows, and pikes. The smiths are looked upon as being very strong men.
    During the summer evenings the boys around the forges gather into the forges to talk and smoke.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Pat Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corglass, Co. Leitrim